A corner of Ha Long city (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Ha Long city in the northeasternprovince of Quang Ninh welcomed 7.9 million visitors in nine months of thisyear, up 21 percent.
Tourism revenue surpassed 15.7 trillion VND (682.6 millionUSD), up 35 percent annually.
The World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay is now home to about 500cruise vessels, 189 of them offer overnight accommodation.
Municipal authorities regularly inspect service quality atrestaurants, lodging facilities, entertainment areas and shopping malls.
In the past nine months, they received 141 calls throughhotlines and promptly dealt with visitors’ complaints, thus improving theirsatisfaction.
Goods sold at supermarkets and shopping malls ensure qualitywith clear origin.
Tourism infrastructure is also upgraded, including Road 18A,while a coastal road linking Ha Long city with Cam Pha city is expanded.
In August,British travel magazine Rough Guides included Ha Long Bay in its selectionof the 100 most beautiful places to visit next year.
In the Rough Guides to the 100 Best Places onEarth, the magazine describes “the scattering of limestone pinnacles juttingout of the smooth waters of Ha Long Bay”, around four hours northeast of Hanoi,as an “incredible sight”. The bay was the only Vietnamese destination in thelist.
In September, Ha Long Bay was named as one ofthe most popular attractions in Asia, according to the South China Morning Post(SCMP) based in Hong Kong.
Around 5.2 million foreigners visited Ha LongBay in 2018, up 22 percent from a year ago, accounting for 30 percent of the15.6 million foreign tourist arrivals to Vietnam./.
Tourism revenue surpassed 15.7 trillion VND (682.6 millionUSD), up 35 percent annually.
The World Heritage Site Ha Long Bay is now home to about 500cruise vessels, 189 of them offer overnight accommodation.
Municipal authorities regularly inspect service quality atrestaurants, lodging facilities, entertainment areas and shopping malls.
In the past nine months, they received 141 calls throughhotlines and promptly dealt with visitors’ complaints, thus improving theirsatisfaction.
Goods sold at supermarkets and shopping malls ensure qualitywith clear origin.
Tourism infrastructure is also upgraded, including Road 18A,while a coastal road linking Ha Long city with Cam Pha city is expanded.
In August,British travel magazine Rough Guides included Ha Long Bay in its selectionof the 100 most beautiful places to visit next year.
In the Rough Guides to the 100 Best Places onEarth, the magazine describes “the scattering of limestone pinnacles juttingout of the smooth waters of Ha Long Bay”, around four hours northeast of Hanoi,as an “incredible sight”. The bay was the only Vietnamese destination in thelist.
In September, Ha Long Bay was named as one ofthe most popular attractions in Asia, according to the South China Morning Post(SCMP) based in Hong Kong.
Around 5.2 million foreigners visited Ha LongBay in 2018, up 22 percent from a year ago, accounting for 30 percent of the15.6 million foreign tourist arrivals to Vietnam./.
VNA
